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  Are there non interacting particles?

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In justifying bare parameter values, they say non-interacting particles may have different masses and charges, different from physical ones. To be more precise, the non-interacting particles are those that are described with the free Lagrangian. So I would like to see pros and contras about existence of non-interacting particles.
 

Closed as per community consensus as the post is Rhetorical question
asked Sep 5, 2014 in Closed Questions by Vladimir Kalitvianski (102 points) [ revision history ]
closed Sep 6, 2014 as per community consensus

This is a stupid question. Noninteracting particles are a mathematical idealization, obviously there are no noninteracting particles. Please stop filling up the site with stupidity. This question is vague and low-level.

You deleted my comment. Why not to delete yours, Ron?

@VladimirKalitvianski There is no deleted comment here.

@VladimirKalitvianski  I agree with Ron - I was sure this was a rhetoric when I first saw this question, but assumed I wasn't seeing something the question was actually asking, but as you have not defended your question, so upvoting the closevote.

My comment was: I agree with you in the part that there are no noninteracting constituent particles. The stupidity is not mine. It is written in textbooks and in papers, in particular, in G. 't Hooft's one. As far as this stupidity is omnipresent, there is no additional harm if I ask this question on this site.

As this inappropriate rhetoric question causes nothing but off-topic and distracting noise, I think it should not even be here. Voting to remove.

@Dilaton: This question is basic for understanding QFT, it is not noise. If you are unable to answer it, the stay away.

@VladimirKalitvianski, Your question has been answered, NO. A non-interacting particle is unobservable by definition.

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No, your question is a rhetoric. A non-interacting particle is unobservable by definition. A physical non-interacting particle is an oxymoron.

answered Sep 6, 2014 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]




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